Sidekicks (1992 film)

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Sidekicks
File:Sidekicksposter.jpg
Promotional film poster
Directed by Aaron Norris
Produced by Don Carmody
Written by Lou Illar
Galen Thompson
Starring Jonathan Brandis
Chuck Norris
Mako
Joe Piscopo
Beau Bridges
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography Joao Fernandes
Edited by David Rawlins
Bernard Weiser
Production
company
Vision PDG
Gallery Films
Distributed by Triumph Films
Alliance Films (current)
Release dates
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  • December 17, 1992 (1992-12-17)
(Germany)
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  • April 9, 1993 (1993-04-09)
(USA)
Running time
 101 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $17.1 million (domestic)[1]

Sidekicks is a 1992 action film starring Jonathan Brandis and Chuck Norris.

Plot

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The main protagonist is Barry Gabrewski, an asthmatic boy who lives with his widowed father, Jerry Gabrewski (Beau Bridges), in Houston, Texas. A loner, Barry has vivid daydreams about being Chuck Norris' sidekick, battling against Norris's movie enemies — who are often personified by Barry's everyday bullies such as Randy Cellini (John Buchanan). Noreen Chan (Julia Nickson-Soul), his favorite teacher, often plays the damsel in distress in his dreams.

Barry wants to be taught martial arts, but is turned down by the arrogant dojo owner Kelly Stone (Piscopo) for being too weak. Instead, he is taken on as a student by an old Chinese man called Mr. Lee (Mako), the sly uncle of his teacher. Mr. Lee teaches Barry to defend himself from the bullies and treats his asthma, increasing Barry's endurance. Barry later enters a tournament with Mr. Lee and Ms. Chan and finally sees his dreams fulfilled, after being told a team must have four members, when Chuck Norris, originally only a guest at the tournament but persuaded by Lee to aid one of his most ardent fans, joins them as a team member.

Cast

Filming locations

This movie was filmed primarily in Houston, TX. It was the brain child of well known furniture outlet owner in partnership with Chuck Norris and his Kick Drugs out of Schools campaign, Jim "Mattress Mac" McIngvale, produced and invested 8 million dollars on this movie.[2] It is believed his relationship with Chuck Norris, who starred in many commercials with "Mac" came to him with the idea of creating this film. In McIngvale's book, Always Think Big, he states going into film and producing was "extremely hard work".[citation needed]

Reception

The film received largely negative reviews from critics.[3][4][5][6][7] Based on 8 reviews gathered, the film has a 13% from Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 3.6/10.[8]

Box Office

The movie debuted at No.2 at the box office.[2][9] The movie only grossed $17,180,393 during its domestic release. [1]

Notes

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External links

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